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AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP INCREASES HEALTHY GENE EXPRESSION
The BBC recently conducted a short study to assess the health effects of an extra hour of sleep. The article is well…
ACUPUNCTURE…ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT?
You have probably heard acupuncture referred to at some point as “alternative medicine” but classifying acupuncture this way is based…
ARE YOU STUCK IN FIRST GEAR?
Imagine you are driving down the road with your gas pedal to the floor. Your car runs great and gets…
ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM UNRESOLVED ANGER?
As I wrote about here, in Chinese medicine we believe that the primary cause of disease in adults is unresolved emotions….
ARE WE HEADED FOR A POST ANTIBIOTIC ERA?
In my last post I described a protocol for handling sinus infections without resorting to antibiotics. Over the weekend I read this article and…
ARE YOU READY FOR THE CENTRAL TEXAS CEDAR SEASON? PART 2
Click here for part one of this article. More so than other allergies, cedar allergies seem create a fertile ground for bacterial…
ARE YOU READY FOR THE CENTRAL TEXAS CEDAR SEASON? PART 1
When I moved here from Colorado ten years ago, I had never heard of cedar fever. I was accustomed to…
AURICULOTHERAPY IN THE NEWS
For the past ten years I have made frequent use of ear pellets, seeds, and tacks (also called auriculotherapy) to…
CHINESE NEW YEAR — A SECOND CHANCE TO GET YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS RIGHT
It’s about a month into the New Year. Do you already wish you had a do-over for your New Year’s…